ARLINGTON -- The Rangers snapped a 15-inning scoreless streak in the fifth, but by then, it was too late. The lack of early run support for Martin Perez, who had his roughest start in nearly two months, led to yet another September loss. Texas fell to the Pirates, 5-4, on Tuesday night at Rangers Ballpark for its fifth loss in the last six contests. The Rangers are 2-7 this month and remain two games back in the American League West behind the first-place A's, who lost, 4-3, to the ... Read More
Archives for September 2013
Pirates Release 2014 Schedule
The Pittsburgh Pirates today announced their 2014 regular season schedule, which will feature interleague play with the American League East, including home games with the Toronto Blue Jays, Baltimore Orioles and Boston Red Sox. The interleague schedule also includes a home-and-home series with Pirates’ interleague rivals the Detroit Tigers as the Bucs are slated to host the Tigers for two games on August 11 and 12 and visit Comerica on August 13 and 14. For the third consecutive season ... Read More
Are the Pens lacking grit?
The Pittsburgh Penguins are set with their top two lines heading into 2013-14 season barring no injuries. The Penguins do have some questions as to who will fill the void on the third line. The Penguins were in negotiations to bring in Daniel Clearly. Cleary would have been a perfect fit on the third line for the Penguins as he is a hard nosed player that logs tough minutes on the penalty kill and still average 40 points in a season. However, early Tuesday morning, the Philadelphia Flyers ... Read More
Steelers drinking challenge
So the Steelers lost their opener. First time in a gazillion years since they lost their opener at home. The stats speak loudly without needing to be verbalized. The mistakes in clock management and play calling were egregious at best. The Steelers best healthy offensive player found himself on the turf more than the Chemlawn guy that sprays my neighbor’s lawn. The offensive line is going to have to let a lot more defenders pass if they want to set any kind of record this season, because ... Read More
82 forgettable Pirates
It has happened, Pirates fans. The winning season has finally arrived. Now, I'm in the group that feels it's a nice milestone, but it's time get past the idea of a winning season and look forward to the playoffs. However, the fact that we are talking about playoffs and the Pirates shows just how far the franchise has come since 1992. The following list is a grouping of 82 different Pirates that have kind of summed up the 20 years of losing. In no particular order, be glad that the years ... Read More
ACC Power Rankings: Where does Pitt stand?
Another week is in the books and it is time to unleash my first ACC Power Rankings of the year. The Miami Hurricanes made a big statement over the weekend with and upset over then No. 12 Florida, which was the biggest win of the week for the conference, who already has a couple of big out of conference victories through two weeks. Where does that leave the Pitt Panthers, who had a week off? Let's not waste any time and find out. 1. Clemson (2-0, 0-0 ACC): After their huge opening week ... Read More
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Gerrit Cole pitched seven strong innings of three-hit ball and Pedro Alvarez hit a seventh inning RBI double to give the Pirates a 1 - 0 victory over the Texas Rangers and Yu Darvish on Monday night. This isn't no ordinary win, though. This is the win that 21 years of pain, suffering, embarrassment, etc.. all went into the rear view mirror for Pirate fans. It is the first time since "The Slide" that the Buccos have secured a winning season. For most of you, this is the first time you've ... Read More
Pittsburgh Steelers report card following Week 1 loss
Saying that the Pittsburgh Steelers ‘ performance was ugly Sunday afternoon against the Tennessee Titans would be an understatement as all of the fears about the Steelers offense coming into the season all showed their head as the Steelers dropped their first home opener in over a decade, 16-9 to the visiting Titans. It’s never good when you have more season ending injuries (three) than touchdowns (one) to start the season, but the Steelers were able to pull off that rare feat. Exactly how ... Read More
Pirate of the Week: Andrew McCutchen
Despite the uphill battle to get win number 82, Andrew McCutchen has been a bright spot for the Pirates. During the course of last week, Pittsburgh went 2-3. McCutchen had a hit in each of the five games for his squad. Let's check out how he performed. 9/1: 1-3, 1 Run 9/2: 2-4, 1 2B, 1 BB 9/3: 2-4, 1 HR, 3 Runs, 1 RBI, 1 BB 9/4: 1-4, 1 HR, 1 Run, 1 RBI, 1 BB 9/6: 1-2, 1 Run, 2 BB For the week, McCutchen went 7-17 with a .412 batting average. He tallied two RBIs, two home runs, and six runs ... Read More
College football’s new battle
There are many questions and concerns swirling around college football these days. Most notably, players wanting to reek benefits from the universities that give these players free rides and national attention. However, there is one issue that is getting completely ridiculous and doesn't look like its going to stop anytime soon. These players work very hard to get to this stage and their families, youth coaches and mentors should be praised. Instead it's their girlfriends getting the national ... Read More